coat

Meanings

Noun

• An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.^Wp
• A covering of material, such as paint.^Wp
• The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.^Wp
• Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
• A petticoat.
• The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
• A coat of arms.^Wp
• A coat card.

Verb

• To cover with a coating of some material.
• To cover like a coat.
• To clothe.

Origin

• From Middle English cote, coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte, from Latin cotta ("undercoat, tunic"), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewd-, *gud-.
• Cognate with Old High German kozza, kozzo (German Kotze ("coarse woolen blanket; woolen cape")), Middle Low German kot ("coat"), Ancient Greek βεῦδος ("woman's attire").